These big comebacks, awards contenders and cultural heavyweights should be highlights of the year.

Artists in the west explain how they stumbled into the small but mighty world of puppetry.

The Bithrey family have travelled from Bedfordshire to Stoke-on-Trent's panto for 18 years.

Shane Jenek, aka Courtney Act, says he will bring "Aussie charm" to his Yorkshire panto role.

The Musselburgh theatre was closed suddenly in 2023 when unsafe Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete was discovered.

The work in Exeter is an immersive experience, where families can walk around and create characters.

The play will be performed in a church just a few miles from where the Narnia author grew up.

At 6ft 6in (1.98m) Alex Forman believes he is the tallest panto dame in the UK.